Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953)
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As an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, Edwin Hubble was an exceptional boxer. His boxing abilities attracted the attention of a promoter who wanted to train him to fight the contemporary world heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson. Hubble, however, resisted the temptations of the boxing mostra altro ring and instead became a Rhodes scholar. He practiced law for a short time, and in 1914 he found his niche in astronomy, attending the Yerkes Observatory for graduate work. In 1919 Hubble became an astronomer at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, where he remained until 1948. From 1948 to 1953, he was an astronomer at Mt. Palomar Observatory. Hubble's research on galaxies led to his conclusion that galaxies are actually swarms of hundreds of billions of stars. Using his research and that of others (principally Milton Humason and Vesto M. Slipher), Hubble established the relation between redshift and distance, which showed that the universe is expanding. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Edwin Hubble [credit: Photograph by Margaret Harwood, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives]
Opere di Edwin Powell Hubble
Voyage dans le cosmos 1 copia
Voyage dans le cosmos, galaxie 1 copia
Opere correlate
Readings in Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy: Physics 361-01 Cosmology, Spring Semester 1995 (1995) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Hubble, Edwin Powell
- Data di nascita
- 1889-11-20
- Data di morte
- 1953-09-28
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Marshfield, Missouri, USA
- Luogo di morte
- San Marino, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
New Albany, Indiana, USA
Pasadena, California, USA - Istruzione
- University of Chicago (BS|1910) (PhD|1917)
The Queen's College, Oxford - Attività lavorative
- astronomer
cosmologist - Organizzazioni
- University of Chicago
Mount Wilson Observatory - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Bruce Medal (1938)
Franklin Medal (1939)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1940)
Legion of Merit (1946)
Rhodes Scholar
Hubble Space Telescope (mostra tutto 10)
Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1924)
Asteroid namesake "2069 Hubble"
Crater on Moon named in his honor
Hall of Famous Missourians (2003)
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- Opere
- 11
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 76
- Popolarità
- #233,522
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 9